In Unbending Gender, Joan Williams takes a hard look at the state of feminism in America. Concerned by what she finds--young women who flatly refuse to identify themselves as feminists and working-class and minority women who feel the movement hasn't addressed the issues that dominate their...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Opt Out or Pushed Out? -- 2. One Sick Child Away from Being Fired -- 3. Masculine Norms at Work -- 4. Reconstructive Feminism and Feminist Theory -- 5. The Class Culture Gap -- 6. Culture Wars as Class Conflict -- Conclusion: Sarah Palin as Formula and...

The stereotype in the United States is that “Asian people are good at science.” You might think that this stereotype would advantage U.S. women of Asian descent in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines. We found the opposite: instead, they encounter the same types of...